The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Edwards AFB, Calif. plans to issue a sole source contract to the United Kingdom's Martin Baker Aircraft Co. for 16 high-fidelity simulated US16E cockpit ejection seats for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 in support of the aircraft program's Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) testing. "A high-fidelity F-35 cockpit seat is required for the high-fidelity F-35 simulator that will be used by JSE as the System Under Test (SUT) for both developmental and operational…
